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The champion stokers cutter crew of HMS Hawke, 1896. Artist: R Ellis
The champion stokers cutter crew of HMS Hawke, 1896. The champion stokers cutters crew of the first class cruiser Hawke, of the Mediterranean Fleet

Louis Lumiere, French photographer and cinematographer, 1937. In collaboration with his brother Auguste, Louis Lumiere (1864-1948) was a pioneer of cinematography

Henry Becque, French dramatist, 1899. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris

Marshal MacMahon, French soldier and politician, 1873. Of Irish descent, Patrice MacMahon (1808-1893) was the commander of the French army defeated by the Prussians at the Battle of Sedan in

Ronald Reagan, American actor, film star and politician, 20th century. After his acting career, Reagan went on to serve as Governor of California and, from 1981-1989

Paul Henreid (1908-1992), Austrian-born American actor and director, c1940s

Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), English novelist, 19th century (1908). A contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, Marryat is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story

Bing Crosby (1903-1977), American singer and actor, 1944. From the front cover of Picturegoer magazine (28 October 1944). Cropping restrictions are in place

The hunting of the wild bull, carved on a tempkle wall at Medinet Habu, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This is one of the most spirited scenes that an Egyptian sculptor ever wrought

Surrey Cricketers, 1852 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

The mummy of Sethos I (1394BC-1279BC), Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The mummy of Sethos I (1394BC-1279BC), Cairo, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

Pigeons of St Pauls with a vagrant, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Pigeons of St Pauls with a vagrant, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Printing election posters in Japan, 1936. Artist: Fox Photos
Printing election posters in Japan, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

L. M. Nesbitt, writer, early 20th century
L.M. Nesbitt, writer, early 20th century

Henry Ainley (1879-1945), English actor, early 20th century

Jerrold Robertshaw (1866-1941), English actor, early 20th century. Artist: J Beagles & Co
Jerrold Robertshaw (1866-1941), English actor, early 20th century

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, (1860-1941), Polish pianist and composer, 1894-1907. Polish pianist and composer. Paderewski was also a politician and spokesman for Polish independence

Emma, Lady Hamilton, c1785, (1909). Artist: George Romney
Emma, Lady Hamilton, c1785. Lady Emma Hamilton (c1765-1851), mistress of Horatio Nelson. From an original work attributed to George Romney (1734-1802). From The Connoisseur, Vol

Jules Sandeau, French novelist, 1881. A photograph from Album de Photographies, Dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-19502, Editions MD, 22 Rue de L Arcade, Paris 8, 1850-1950

French fashions of the 19th century, 1812 (1938). Plate taken from Plaisir de France (December, 1938)

French military student, 19th century. Artist: Verdeil
French military student, 19th century

St Michaels Church, late 19th century. St Micheals Church is on the grounds of Hughenden Manor, home of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969), German pianist, 1907. Artist: Rotary Photo
Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969), German pianist, 1907

Jack Pickford (1896-1933), Canadian-born American actor, early 20th century

Franz Liszt, 19th century Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer, (1900). Portrait of Liszt (1811-1886)

Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonapartes son (1811-1832) by his second wife, Marie Louise

Francois Anthoine, French First World War general, (1926). Anthoine (1860-1944) commanded the French First Army during 1917

Colonel WH Mackinnon, commanding the City Imperial Volunteers, 1902. Artist: Elliott & Fry
Colonel WH Mackinnon, commanding the City Imperial Volunteers, 1902. Portrait from Celebrities of the Army, published by George Newnes, (London, 1902)

Major-General AG Wauchope, Commander of the Highland Brigade in South Africa, c1899 (1902). Artist: JA Horsburgh
Major-General AG Wauchope, Commander of the Highland Brigade in South Africa, c1899 (1902). Wauchope (1846-1899) was killed in action at Magersfontein in the Boer War

Leon Bakst, Russian artist and designer, 1910s. Bakst (1866-1924) is best known for the costume and set designs he produced for Serge Diaghilevs famous itinerant ballet company, the Ballets Russes

Portrait of Count Mikhail Vorontsov, (1782-1830), 1821. Artist: Thomas Lawrence
Portrait of Count Mikhail Vorontsov, (1782-1830), 1821. Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Heinrich Heine, 19th century German poet, 1934. Artist: Georgi Yecheistov
Heinrich Heine, 19th century German poet, 1934. One of the most significant German poets, Heine (1797-1856) is best known for his lyric poetry, much of which was set to music

Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian artist, c1880s-c1890s. Artist: Andrei Osipovich Karelin
Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian artist, c1880s-c1890s. Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (1842-1904) was a noted Russian Realist painter of battle scenes

Boris Polonsky, son of Russian poet Yakov Polonsky, late 19th or early 20th century. Yakov Polonsky (1820-1898) was a leading poet in the Romantic tradition of Pushkin

Russian author Leo Tolstoy with his family, Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, late 19th century(?). Tolstoy (1828-1910) is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists

Alexander Blok, Russian poet, c1900s. Blok (1880-1921) was a leading member of the Symbolist movement in Russian literature

Alexandra Beketova-Blok, Russian author and translator, with her pet dog, early 19th century. Alexandra Beketova-Blok (1860-1923) was the mother of the Symbolist poet Alexander Blok

Leopold II, King of the Belgians. The brother of Empress Carlota of Mexico and cousin to Queen Victoria, Leopold II (1835-1909) was the second King of the Belgians

Victor McLaglen, British boxer and actor, 1934-1935. McLaglen travelled to Hollywood in the 1920s. He won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Informer (1935)

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, English painter and sculptor, (1899). Artist: W Roffe
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, English painter and sculptor, (1899). An engraving of Leighton (1830-1896) from James Taylors The Victorian Empire, William Mackenzie, (London, 1899)

In the Studio, Anna Ancher, the Artists Wife Painting, late 19th-early 20th century. Artist: Michael Peter Ancher
In the Studio, Anna Ancher, the Artists Wife Painting, late 19th-early 20th century. From a private collection

Portrait of Woman, 19th century. Artist: Eugene Louis Lami
Portrait of Woman, 19th century

Cycladic marble figure, 25th century BC
Cycladic bronze age marble figure From the British Museums collection, 25th century BC

Mayan figurine of a seated god
Pre-Columbian Mayan figurine of a seated god, from the British Museum

Pre-Columbian pottery statuette of the Mayan god Mictantecuan, from the British Museums collection

Inuit carving of a human figure, 19th century
Western Inuit ivory carving of a human figure, probably a shamans charm. From the British Museums collection, 19th century

Egyptian Shabti figure, designed to take on work in the underworld for the person it was buried with, from the Egyptian Museum, Berlin

Robert Baden-Powell, English soldier, 1900. Baden-Powell (1857-1941) became famous as the defender of Mafeking in the Boer War (1899-1902)

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